Word: formosae
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There was some justification for such reasoning. Suppose the Red-led troops of Communist China were determinedly and ceaselessly thrown into Korea against U.S. forces never able to do better than just hold the dike. Suppose such pressure was exerted against Indo-China and Formosa to the point of ultimate U.S. exhaustion. U.S. military strength, worn down by attrition faster than it could be built up, would scarcely have the reserve strength left to oppose 175 Russian divisions in Europe...
...pressed men: 1) even at the maximum rate of build-up which U.S. forces in the Far East might now attain, they had little or no present chance of launching a drive northward against the Communists; 2) with the Communists still menacing other points in the Far East (e.g., Formosa, Indo-China), it would be the height of recklessness to be sucked out of position by committing all the U.S. strength in the area to the Korean battle. On the other hand, MacArthur did not intend to be pushed off the Korean peninsula and to be left with the appalling...
...From Formosa, John Osborne, TIME-LIFE senior correspondent in the Far East, cabled...
...advice, consultation and actual participation in Nationalist China are welcomed in principle by the Generalissimo. He meant exactly what he said in his recent statement to the effect that any mission or force which General MacArthur cared to establish on Formosa would be welcomed. But the conditions attached to this attitude must be clearly understood by everyone concerned. First, the sovereignty of Nationalist China must not be infringed-it is of utmost importance that everyone understand that this principle will be upheld to any extent and in any way necessary by the Nationalist forces on Formosa. Nationalist China...
Paging MacArthur. However, no questions and no difficulties in this connection will arise if U.S. relationships with Nationalist China are placed in the hands of General Douglas MacArthur. The Generalissimo has unlimited confidence in MacArthur and would be happy to place the fate of Formosa and of Nationalist China in his hands. Chiang Kai-shek takes this attitude because he believes that MacArthur understands the nature of Communism in Asia; in particular he understands the nature and threat of Chinese Communism and the part that the Chinese Communists are playing for the Soviet Union in Asia. Therefore...